Samsung packed 512GB of storage into a drive the size of a stamp

June 1, 2016MashableComments Off on Samsung packed 512GB of storage into a drive the size of a stamp0 Views

As the world keeps pushing for ever-thinner devices, the hardware industry keeps shrinking parts down beyond the minisculeSamsung announced on Tuesday it will be launching a 512GB solid-state drive measuring 0.78 x 0.63 x 0.06 inches (20 x 16 x 1.5 millimeters). That’s about the size of your average postage stamp, and one-fifth of the size of a normal SSD. SEE ALSO: Intel launches first-ever 10-core desktop processor It’s called the PM971-NVMe, which isn’t the most…